Sandip Roy

Due to illness Sandip is forced to consider the world in his own backyard.

When we go on vacation we visit the sights, try the local cuisine, and buy a few souvenirs. But on a trip to Dhenkanal in the eastern Indian state of Odisha recently Sandip Roy saw the hands that make the craft. His friend Milena led them into the home of a weaver.

The 2024 Presidential Election has marked an irreversible cultural change in the U.S. Sandip Roy sees the connection in an unlikely symbol, the Postage Stamp.

Royal past meets the tourist future at India’s Palace Hotels. Sandip had a nostalgic visit to Dhenkanal in the Eastern state of Odisha.

Durga Puja, Kolkata's biggest festival comes face to face with the biggest protests the city has seen in recent years.

This summer I went to Istanbul looking for melancholy. Or as they call it there hüzün.

Food is the way we often break down barriers between people AND food is also the way we “other” the other, as the recent presidential debate shows.

Durga Puja is a season of homecoming, but this year artists turned protesters in Kolkata cannot shake off the image of the Durga who did not get to go home.

We are trained from the beginning on how to win but no one teaches us how to lose even though life often comes with more losses than wins. To lose with grace is also the mark of true champions.

Sandip Roy attends a raucous protest about the recent rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College that brought out thousands of women who are tired of excuses.